All Films

Meio Expediente

2017 • 42 min • Brazil

After missing out on his co-workers winning lottery pool, the lonely Jairo embarks on an extraordinary Christmas adventure as a helper to none other than Santa Claus himself.

Acid Test

2017 • 15 min • United States of America

When Jenny (16) comes home from a concert and tells her parents she's tripping on acid, the hallucinogenic parental meltdown unravels the family dynamic as Jenny discovers the power of rebellion.

Zinzan

2017 • 11 min • New Zealand

After his son insists on bringing his boyfriend to practice, a rugby-mad father fears for his son’s chances of getting onto the national team.

Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear Kingdom

2017 • 44 min • United States of America

When the Queen Bear and her daughter, Princess Canue, visit the Eastern Valley an epic war breaks out -- Rogue Wolves versus the Western Pack and the Bear Army. Now, it's up to Stinky, Claudette, and Runt to help Princess Canue return home to regain control of her kingdom.

Locked In

2017 • 15 min • United Kingdom

Samira and Nazim, asylum seekers who fled after torture find themselves in the UK again detained by the state. They are on the fast track system, soon to be deported. With the clock ticking, the memories of their torture and what awaits on their return torment them. Will they be able to gain asylum in time? What will the cost be to their relationship?

Baby Gravy

2017 • 12 min

In a rural pub restaurant on a busy motorway, same-sex couple Brona and Alex await the arrival of a man called Karl.

All the Marbles

2017 • 16 min • United States of America

A timid little boy challenges a villainous bully to a game of marbles in a bizarre and fantastical world where marbles are as precious as gold.

Stealing Silver

2017 • 20 min • United Kingdom

A woman confronting a painful time in her life after she discovers the truth about a mysterious old man living across from her.

Secos

2017 • 15 min • Chile

Chile is the only country that has privatized its waters, in favor of large corporations, to the detriment of homes in rural and urban communities. Secos is a short that makes this reality visible, through the dialog between anonymous fighters from the most heavily affected provinces, with renowned actors and actresses in the country. The objective is to activate the topic of water as a human right, to achieve in the future the recovery of this vital element as a common good for all communities and territories.

The Making of 'Split'

2017 • 10 min • United States of America

A piece in which Shyamalan discusses his growth as a person and a filmmaker, how the film reflects his growth, casting, script secrecy, characters, the film's style, influences (namely It Follows), locations and set design, and budget.

Norman Pinski Come Home

2017 • 15 min • United States of America

Finding oneself can take a lifetime. For Norman Pinski it's gonna take a little longer.

Rey

2017 • 15 min

Rey is a 2017 comedy drama that follows the character Rey. He works in a small cubical surrounded by dirty windows and wilted plants. After the death of a work colleague he quits his job and is hit by a car, soon after his life takes a major turn driven by the events that cant be changed. He meets a girl and faces his fears all at the same time. But there is a fact about Rey that is still untold.

When the Earth Trembles

2017 • 26 min • Brazil

The story of a family who has their lives crushed by the tragedy of the floods in Mariana (Minas Gerais, Brazil)

A Field Guide to Being a 12-Year-Old Girl

2017 • 20 min • Australia

This is a film about 12-year-old girls, made by 12-year-old girls, for 12-year-old girls, or anyone that has been a 12-year-old girl, or will be a 12-year-old girl, or wishes they were a 12-year-old girl. This inquisitive cross between a documentary and a theatre piece was created by Tilda Cobham-Hervey and twelve 12-year-old girls, where real girls articulate what they hope for, what they remember and what it feels like to be twelve. Performing themselves in a filmed field guide, together these specimens investigate their own species.

The Drop-In

2017 • 13 min • Canada

On a night like any other, Joelle is closing up her hair salon when a mysterious visitor appears asking too many questions about her citizenship.

The Artifact Artist

2017 • 24 min • United States of America

Urban archeologist Scott Jordan unearths 300 years of New York City's garbage to create 21st century art work.

Nero's Sunken City

2017 • 55 min • United Kingdom, Italy, Germany

Beneath the turquoise waves of the Bay of Naples lies an extraordinary underwater archeology site, the ancient Roman city of Baiae. From the first century to the third century AD, Baiae was the exclusive playground for the rich and powerful among Rome’s elite. What made Baiae such a special place? What really went on there? And why did it disappear?

Gene Tierney: A Forgotten Star

2017 • 53 min • France, United States of America

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.

Snowstorm Roulette

2017 • 10 min • Canada

The biggest snowstorm of 1988 leaves Tom stranded in a tiny basement apartment with his worst nightmare.

Work

2017 • 13 min • United Kingdom

A teenager's perspective of the world around her begins to shift as she is confronted with its capacity for injustice.

My Life is not Sweet

2017 • 29 min • Japan

Yamano Aoi, a seventeen year old high school girl, decides to take on her mentally ill father’s sushi restaurant. Adults around her are startled by her decision and tell her it is impossible for a woman to be a sushi chef. She then reunites with her old baseball coach Shoukichi Umeda. On one snowy night, Aoi challenges Shoukichi to a baseball match. This match shines a light of hope to Aoi’s “wasabi” like life.

Junk

2017 • 7 min • United States of America

A valuable package is intercepted and stolen, but it may not be what it seems.

Pisces

2017 • 14 min • Canada

Two childhood friends, each held captive in time by a tragic moment, travel through the world of memory to find their respective path to freedom.

A Midsummer's Nightmare

2017 • 42 min • United States of America

Four young lovers head into the woods to pursue their romantic desires, however, their plans are soon jeopardized when terrifying forces attack, using their own fantasies and secrets against them.